Had one for years & I can say it definitely works. I have caught nets, pots & polythene & once had to resort to a diver to remove polythene ( but managed to limp to port) & once had a haul out for a net where I found that after it had cut the net in about 50 places it only had to cut one more place & it would have cleared it.I have cut about 5 or 6 pot lines in the last 11 yearsI have sheared the safety pins a number of times but got away with it.The blades are now worn & the standard bearings will not fit but as I have a lathe I make my own & have managed to add 4 years to the life of the cutter. Without that it would have had to be replaced after 7 years.Expensive but a worthwhile accessory

I also have an Ambassador rope cutter on Echo. Fitted from new and been fine for three thousand engine hours. It has cut off ropes a number of times. The company are very helpful if you call and have a very good website.

I had one fitted to my previous boat for 13 years and now to High Time for the last 5 years. Never had a problem with it on either boat and have felt what I think was it 'working' on several occasions without any drama.

The one time it failed is recorded in this thread but I think the ropes from the pots were never close to the rope cutter because of their weight so it never had a chance.

I have changed my prop fo a Featherstream 3-blade prop with rope cutter. The later was after a late ng thought because it's around 25% of the total price. Read several post else and some tests too, and decided to buy one. A small article of my first experiences with the propeller https://www.uisge-beatha.eu/2017/04/Eerste-ervaring-Featherstream-proppelor.html

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